Close Reading: Torturer Chapter I

Rex Lycanthrosaurus · 05 Sep 2006, 15:51 · from 2006-September.txt.gz

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From: lycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm (Rex Lycanthrosaurus)
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:51:16 -0500
Subject: (urth) Close Reading: Torturer Chapter I
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On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:24:40 -0400, "b sharp" <bsharporflat at hotmail.com>
said:

> >Who was dug up?
> 
> A dark haired woman in a pale gown with a livid face (Allowin's
> Neckace?). 
> She has tribade (lesbian) tendencies according to Vodalus' followers. 

You're conflating two different women, I believe.

The first was disinterred back when Severian was still a boy; Drotte is
captain of the apprentices at the time.

*Years* subsequently pass. But from the conversation of the Vodalarii
("Going far this time? Going to drown yourself again?"), it seems
readily apparent they've been participating in corpse-eating all along,
and not at several year intervals.

Even on ice, a real carrot kept this long is hardly likely to be
delectable! 

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